There was some interest in doing a Pixel Scrapper blog train, and I say, "why not?" This is going to be pretty informal blog train. I think the only rules will be that you be a Pixel Scrapper community member and that you make something. It will be fun to go around and see people's blogs from the community.

This is the color palette that I am using to make a kit for December. Anything you make will coordinate along with that, so even if there are a small number of participants, there will still be my full kit, so people should end up with a nice bunch of stuff. I'm not doing much Christmas related with my kit, I'm going more for a winter theme. You can do as you like. You can also download the (EDIT: glitters now uploaded to site) if you'd like to use them.

The blog train will go live on December 1, at which point you will need to have posted your freebie on your blog and posted the link and preview image in a special thread that I will start a few days before. So you don't need to formally sign up to do this, we'll just use the final thread as the list. So there's no pressure, and no commitment. Just follow your heart!

If you want to participate and don't have a blog, you can just post your preview and link in the final thread. You'll have to upload the actual freebie to a file sharing site (dropbox, mediafire, maybe someone can recommend something else) and your preview to an image sharing site (see here).

Feel free to post any comments, questions, etc here in this thread. I'll make new one to be used as the formal list.

I am not sure if I can partcipate, but I would like to try, even if its only with word arts in different languages - as suggested in another topic. as I still can´t really commit with it, however, its great for me to know that it is a less-commitment kind of thing. If i can do it, i go with you. If not, I try another time

This sounds like fun... I've never made anything before (other than taking a complicated pattern & making a paper out of it), but I am SO tempted. I'm not making any promises, but my mind was churning overtime last night of possible ways I could contribute. Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year & I love Christmas music (and music, in general), so if I am able to contribute to this don't be surprised if music is a part of it in some way, shape or form (be it paper, word art or what not). I'm very excited to try this. Anyone have any template suggestions?

One thing that kept going through my mind last night (please, no one steal my idea!) was to somehow create slightly torn kraft paper w/Christmas sheet music burned into it (so it looks kinda antique/grungy). Not sure if I can figure out how to do this, but I want to try. I thought it might look with the pine greens & reds of Christmas...

@Liz & Lizanne: I buy all kinds of old sheet music for penny's on the dollar at thrift shops... even entire church hymnals for like $1. I use these in making things for my journal pages or hybrid gifts/decorations, but I'm thinking if it's really old (I don't remember how old it has to be exactly, do some research on this) but I'm sure you could scan it for digital products. But you'd have to make sure the public domain had expired. just an idea for you two

A good place to find out about some of the old books is http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page The Gutenberg project. They are looking for anything that is no longer copyrighted and can tell you if yours is. They also would appriciate anything that is scanned front cover through to the back cover.

I always look at Gutenberg for images. They are low resolution, but I still like the look since the grainy feel just makes them more vintage. Good for blending in the background and other less prominent places.

Marisa, i don't have a blog (which can make a blog train difficult so i was wondering if there would be a way to participate (maybe not in a blog train per se) where we could make freebies. Maybe as add-ons for kits or as add-ons for blog trains?

aaaaarrrgh!! this posted twice due to my gifted-ness and i don't know how to delete it very sorry!

Regarding public domain or vintage items, it should be before 1923 in the United States. But you should still check as there are exceptions (such as Peter Pan with rights going to the Great Ormand Street Hospital) and some estates have maintained rights and death does not necessarily mean that it goes into public domain (such as Dali, the estate still has rights).

If you want to participate and don't have a blog, you can just post your preview and link in the final thread. You'll have to upload the actual freebie to a file sharing site (dropbox, mediafire, maybe someone can recommend something else) and your preview to an image sharing site (see here).

@Elizabeth: No, I don't have Photoshop - I have PSP. I wish I could use brushes & styles & what not...

@Marisa: Thanks... I was wondering how I could do that since I don't have a blog (I'm not a designer). I may have questions about how to create a 'preview' as the time draws closer & I'm able to actually make something.